headlining
- 1Present participle and gerund of headline.
A reunited rock group is headlining the arena tour this fall.
She built her career by headlining clubs across the country.
Note
Two different jobs share this form: the editor's, giving a page or section its headline, and the performer's, being the top-billed act. The performer's verb runs both ways. It is transitive when the event or venue follows (headlining the arena tour) and intransitive when it stands alone (the band is headlining tonight). As a gerund it names the activity itself: headlining a festival is a career milestone.
headlining is a form of headline
headline, verb: To perform as the main attraction at an event, or to give someone or something top billing. Full entry
- Spelling
- headline → headlining: drop the e, add -ing
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